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Andropogon erianthoides F. Mueller. (Poaceae.) 45037. 

 Satin-top grass from Burringbar, New South Wales, Aus- 

 tralia. Presented by Mr. B. Harrison. An erect, 

 glaucous grass, 2 or 3 feet high, with rather narrow 

 leaves and usually 3 to 4 sessile, erect spikes about 

 3 inches in length. It is a native of New South Wales 

 and Queensland, where it is considered a very superior 

 grass for forage purposes. It produces a heavy crop 

 of rich, succulent foliage, spreads from the roots, 

 and also seeds freely. (Adapted from Bentham & Muel- 

 ler, Flora Australiensis, vol. 7, p. 529, and from J. 

 H. Maiden, Useful Native Plants of Australia, p. 73.) 



Andropogon intermedius R. Brown. (Poaceae.) 45038. 

 Rare bluegrass from Burringbar, New South Wales, Aus- 

 tralia. Presented by Mr.. B. Harrison. An erect grass, 

 with rather narrow leaves and slender spikes, growing 

 in large clumps 2 feet or more in height. It is a 

 native of Australia, where it is used as a forage 

 grass. It is readily propagated from the roots. 

 (Adapted from Bentham & Mueller, Flora Australiensis, 

 pp. 531, 532, and from Agricultural Gazette, New South 

 Wales, May 2, 1914. ) 



Annona eherimola Miller. (Annonaceae. ) 45020. Cheri- 

 moya cuttings from Guatemala. Collected by Mr. Wilson 

 Popenoe, of this Bureau. "(No. 164. rrcm the sitio 

 of Julio Guerra Antigua. July 16, 1917.) An un- 

 usually productive and otherwise desirable cherimoya 

 from the garden of Julio Guerra, who keeps a small 

 tienda across the street from the rear of the Hotel 

 Rojas. This is the most productive tree I have seen 

 in this entire region, though I have examined a large 

 number, not only in Antigua but in many of the sur- 

 rounding villages. There is one peculiarity worthy 

 of mention: Both this tree and the one from which I 

 obtained budwood (No. 49) in Duenas, have been topped 

 within the last few years and the present crown is 

 all new wood. These two trees were the only ones I 

 have seen bearing good crops of fruit, and this nat- 

 urally brings up the question: Is the productiveness 

 of these trees due to the fact that they have been 

 topped? It rather looks as though it may be; and it 

 would be well worth while experimenting with some of 

 the old seedling trees in southern California to see 

 if topping would render them more productive. Topping 

 is not done here with the intention of making the 

 trees produce more fruit; it has been purely accidental 



